My research interests concern:
- Reading comprehension development.
- The relation between word reading and language comprehension in Spanish speakers.
- The predictors of reading comprehension, specially narrative skills. More specifically:
- The relation between production and comprehension
- What factors can foster narrative comprehension and production, e.g. Home Literacy practices.
- The relation between narrative performance and reading and listening comprehension.
- How different stimuli supports narrative performance
- What are the links between micro and macrostructure in narrative production.
Estudié psicología en la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile y luego realicé un Magíster en Psicología Educacional en la misma institución. Durante mi Magíster me interesé en la comprensión lectora temprana y los factores asociados a su desarrollo. Decidí seguir un PhD bajo la supervisión de la Profesora Kate Cain en la Universidad de Lancaster, UK, donde estudié los factores que están a la base de las habilidades narrativas y su relación con la comprensión lectora. Después de terminar mi doctorado, regresé a Chile y comencé un postdoctorado en el CIAE, donde he aún sigo trabajando. Actualmente soy profesora asistente del Instituto de Educación de la Universidad de Chile. Continúo investigando el desarrollo de la comprensión lectora, con foco en los primeros años. Me interesan muchos temas relacionados con la comprensión lectora temprana, por mencionar un par: Me interesa cómo los niños organizan el discurso, incluyendo no solo textos narrativos, sino también expositivos; A su vez, me intriga entender los procesos que ocurren durante la comprensión lectora, especialmente lo que lleva a desarrollar una comprensión lectora adecuada o con dificultades.
I studied Psychology in the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, and then pursued a Master in Educational Psychology in the same institution. During my masters I become interested in early reading comprehension and the factors associated to its development. I decided to continue my PhD under the supervision of the Professor Kate Cain at Lancaster University, UK, where I studied the factors that underpins narrative skills and their relation to reading comprehension. After completing my doctoral studies I returned to Chile and started a postdoctoral position at CIAE where I´ve been based up to date. Currently I am an assistant professor of the institute of Education in Universidad the Chile. I continue investigating reading comprehension development, with focus on the early years. I´m keen on many subtopics about early reading comprehension, just to mention a couple: I am interested on how children organize discourse including not only narrative but also expository genres. In addition, I´m intrigued by the processes occurring during reading comprehension, especially what leads to good/poor comprehension.
